why are gutter downspout extensions important?
The Importance Of Gutter Downspout Extensions
Underground gutter downspout extensions are crucial for protecting your home from water damage and maintaining its structural integrity. Here are several reasons why underground gutter downspout extensions are so important:
Prevent Foundation Damage:
By directing rainwater away from your home, these extensions help prevent water from pooling around the foundation, reducing the risk of cracks and structural damage.
Avoid Basement Flooding:
Properly installed extensions greatly reduces the likelihood of water seeping into your basement, preventing costly water damage and mold growth.
Preserve Landscaping:
Redirecting rainwater using underground extensions can help protect your garden, plants, and landscaping from erosion and waterlogging.
Minimize Soil Erosion:
Extensions ensure that water flows away from your home, preventing soil erosion around the foundation that could weaken its stability, and increase the chances of foundation settlement and cracking.
Reduce Pest Infestations:
Excess water around your home can attract pests like mosquitoes and rodents. Extensions help maintain a drier environment, making it less appealing to these pests.
How is this issue remedied?
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Site Preparation:
Our team will dig a trench, carefully removing any roots or obstructions, and connect it to your pre-existing downspout(s). We’ll install a 4-inch drainage pipe within the trench, cutting the base of the downspouts approximately 8 inches above the ground for optimal drainage. For safety, we’ll coordinate with the city to mark utilities and phone locations before starting the installation.
Concrete Work:
If needed, we’ll extend the trench through concrete surfaces, continuing to lay the drainage pipe. Our team will carefully cut and remove concrete, Then, we’ll mix and repour concrete to replace the removed portion, noting that the shade of the new concrete may not perfectly match the existing surface.
Downspout Connection:
Geo-Tech will connect the trenched drainage pipe to your downspout(s) and install a leaf and debris guard above the pipe, preventing debris from entering the exterior drainage system, ensuring smooth water flow and reduced maintenance.
Pop-Up Emitter Installation:
Lastly, we’ll route the buried downspouts to pop-up emitter(s) placed on a bed of gravel. These emitters help disperse water away from your foundation, preventing erosion and potential water damage to your property.
what does this system look like installed?
During Install
During Install
During Install
Before drainage pipe and bubbler pot are backfilled.
After Install
During Install
During Install
Backfilled and removed layer of grass replaced.